i came back to delaware working for what they call a white shoe law firm. a good law firm. the oldest law firm in the state that barely hired me because of my grades. well, you know, you only get to take the bar exam in delaware once, reverend. you get to take it once a year. and so they let you -- they let you study for it. and they -- you take it in september. you get the results in december. by that time, i had been home. 1965, dr. king was assassinated. 1965, bobby kennedy was assassinated. '68, i mean. when i graduated from law school. i'm thinking when i graduated from college in '65. '68 i graduated from law school and came home to wilmington. i realized i wasn't real happy doing what i was doing so i became a public defender. and i -- first cases i had were representing some of the folks who were accused of engaging in some of the nefarious things that caused our city. had an occupation with the national guard longer than any city sing reconstruction. seven months. national guard stationed in the streets of wilmington, delaware, on corners and some places with draw